John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger (born April 6 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American actor.
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April 6 - 1947 - Bridgeport - Connecticut - American - Actor
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Ratzenberger is perhaps best known for his role as "Clifford C. 'Cliff' Clavin, Jr." in the Cheers (1982) TV Series.
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Clifford C. 'Cliff' Clavin, Jr. - Cheers - 1982
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His acting credits include 47 productions and an additional 22 notable television appearances. His first role was a Patron in The Ritz (1976), before appearing in minor roles in movies including Firefox; A Bridge Too Far; and Superman II as a NASA controller; Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as "Major Bren Derlin"; and Gandhi (1982) as an American Lieutenant.
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Television - The Ritz - 1976 - Firefox - A Bridge Too Far - Superman II - Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back - 1980 - Bren Derlin - Gandhi - 1982
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All of Pixar Animation's feature films include Ratzenberger, who has become something of a "good luck charm" to the studio. John is also a member of Pixar's softball team.
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- Hamm the Piggy Bank in Toy Story (1995)
- P.T. Flea the Circus Ring Leader in A Bug's Life (1998)
- Hamm the Piggy Bank in Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Yeti in Monsters Inc. (2002)
- Fish School in Finding Nemo (2003)
- The Underminer in The Incredibles (2004)
- Mack Truck in Cars (2005)
Disney also cast him to voice the bathhouse's assistant manager in the English-language dub of the Japanese animated film Spirited Away (2002).
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Spirited Away - 2002
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He currently (2005) is host of a Travel Channel TV series about things made in the USA called John Ratzenberger's Made in America.
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2005 - Travel Channel - John Ratzenberger's Made in America
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Ratzenberger also hosts the Wildcard section in ATARI's PC game based on the popular board game, Trivial Pursuit.
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Recently, John Ratzenberger turned down the role of Hamm for the movie Toy Story 3, and will not be involved unless Pixar is making it.
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New Up Details, Trailer
Disney/Pixar released new details about and a new trailer for the upcoming 3-D animaited film Up--from Monster, Inc. director Pete Docter--which will feature the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo and Jordan Nagai.
WALL-E
Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, K... Review: First image: the Earth as a garbage dump, a future reduced to ruins. For the past 700 years, what's left of humanity has been cruising the skies in a spaceship. Only a tiny robot, WALL-E (for Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth class), scoots around on urban terra firma compacting trash into piles that grow into skyscrapers. First sound: a voice lifted in song: "Out there/there's a world outside of Yonkers." The tune is "Put On Your Sunday Clothes," a merry ditty from the forgotten 1969 movie version of Hello, Dolly with Barbra Streisand. WALL-E, his eyes like binoculars (hell, they are binoculars!), watches an old, muddy video tape of Dolly with the same yearning we see in Michael Crawford, who plays a young store clerk at the turn of the 20th-century, warbling about... Rating: 4 Stars
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